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REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN UNION DISTRICT, 
CONCORD, N. H. 






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REGULATIONS 

OP THE 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN UMON DISTRICT, 
CONCORD, N. H. 



Revised April 7, 1858. 



REGULATIONS, 

CHAPTER I. 

RULES RELATING TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

Officers : 

1. The officers of this Board shall consist of a Chairman 
and Secretary, to be chosen annually, at the first meeting of 
the Board. 

Duties of the Chairman : 

2. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at the 
meetings of the Board, and to call any special meeting when 
he shall deem it necessary, or when requested so to do by any 
of its members. 

Duties of the Secretary : 

3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a true record 
of the doings of the Board ; to give notice of its meetings ; to 
preserve files of communications and documents belonging to 
the Board ; to furnish all teachers duly examined and accepted 
by the Board, with certificates of qualification ; and, in general, 
to perform the appropriate duties of his office. 



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Monthly Meetings : l<^ f^ 

4. The Board shall hold regular meetings on the second 
Wednesday of each month, at 7 o'clock, P. M. 

Suh- Committees : 

5. Sub-Committees shall be appointed to take immediate 
charge of the High School, and of the several schools in the 
different sections of the district, and for such other purposes as 
may be deemed expedient. 

Duties of Sub- Committees : 

6. It shall be the duty of the several Sub-Committees in 
charge of particular schools, to visit the schools under their 
immediate care, at least once a month ; to make a careful exam- 
ination thereof; to give teachers advice on any emergency, and 
on complaint duly made, to take cognizance of any difficulty 
between teachers and the parents or guardians of the scholars, 
subject to an appeal to the whole Board ; to see that scholars 
are properly supplied with books ; and to make such temporary 
arrangements as they may find necessary in relation to the 
schools, or the convenience of the instructors, in cases not pro- 
vided for in the general regulations. 

JExaminations : 

7. There shall be a public examination of all the schools at 
tbe close of the year. At the end of each term, there shall be 
an examination of the schools, by the whole Board, or by Sub- 
Committees appointed for the purpose. At the next monthly 
meeting of the Committee, after such examination, each mem- 
ber shall read a written report, to be afterwards placed on file, 
containing the results of his action and observation, in regard 
to the schools under his immediate charge for the preceding 
term, and, also, the results of each examination, so far as he 
took any part in the same. 

Annual Report : 

8 The annual report required by law, shall be prepared 
by the Secretary, and presented to the Board for acceptance. 



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CHAPTER 11. 

UULES RELATING TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. 

Grades of Schools : 

1. The schools are divided into the following grades, viz: 
Primary, Intermediate, Grammar, and High. 

Division of School Year : 

2. The school year shall commence on the last Monday in 
March, and shall he divided into four terms, of such length as 
the amount of school money will allow, the length of the four 
terms, however, not to exceed forty weeks. The first term, 
commencing on the last Monday in March, shall continue eigjit 
weeks, and shall be succeeded by a vacation of one week. The 
second term shall commence the second Monday in June, and 
continue seven weeks, and shall be succeeded by a vacation of 
six weeks. The third term shall commence the first Monday in 
September, and continue to the week of the annual Thanksgiv- 
ing, and shall be succeeded by a vacation of two weeks. The 
fourth term shall commence the second Monday in December, 
and continue thirteen weeks, and shall be succeeded by a vaca- 
tion of three weeks. The terms may be varied by the Com- 
mittee. 

School Hours : 

3. The schools shall open from June 1 to Sept. 1, at 8 
o'clock, A. M., and from Sept. 1 to June 1, at 9 o'clock, a. m.; 
from March to Oct.. 1, at 2 o'clock, p. m., and from Oct. 1 to 
March, at 1 1-2 o'clock, p. m. 

Holidays : 

4. The regular holidays shall be Wednesday and Saturday 
afternoons; May-day; the Thursday following the first Wednes- 
day in June ; the Fourth of July ; Fast, Thanksgiving and 
Christmas days. No other holidays shall be allowed, except by 
special permission of the Superintending Committee. 



Recess : 

5. There shall be a recess of ten minutes, each half day, 
for each sex, and the recess in all the schools shall take place 
as nearly as possible at the close of one-half of each school 
session. 

2'eachers to he in tkeir School-Rooms early : 

6. Teachers shall be in their respective school-rooms at least 
ten minutes before the time for opening their schools, for the 
purpose of admitting the scholars as they arrive, and preserving 
order ; and no school-room shall be opened for general admis- 
sion of pupils till the arrival of the teacher. 

Tardiness and absence of Pupils : 

7. Every scholar not present at the appointed time for the 
opening of the school, shall be marked as tardy ; and all cases 
of absence and tardiness must be satisfactorily accounted for. 
In case of the frequent or prolonged absence of scholars, the 
teacher shall ascertain the cause of each absence, and endeavor 
to prevent a repetition of the same. And if any scholar shall 
be absent to the amount of one week during any term, from the 
High or Grammar schools, unless his or her absence be occa- 
sioned by his or her own sickness, or sickness or death in the 
family to which he or she belongs, such cause being specified in 
the note of the parent or guardian, he or she shall not be allow- 
ed to re-enter the school, except by the written permission of 
the Sub-Committee. 

Opening Exercises ; 

8. The morning exercises of all the schools shall commence 
with reading a portion of Scripture, and the Board recommend 
that this be followed with prayer, at least with the audible repe- 
tition of the Lord's Prayer by the teacher alone, or by the 
teacher and scholars in concert. 

Moral Instruction : 

9. Instruction in morals shall be daily given in all the 
schools, in conformity with the provisions of the Revised Stat- 
utes, Chap. 73, Sec. 16: "Good morals being of the first 



importance, and essential to their progress in useful knowledge, 
the pupils shall be carefully instructed to avoid idleness and 
profanity, falsehood and deceit, and every wicked and disgrace- 
ful practice, and to conduct themselves in an orderly and proper 
manner ; and it shall be the duty of the instructors, as far as 
practicable, to exercise a general inspection over them in these 
regards, both in and out of school, and also while going to the 
same and returning hence, and on suitable occasions to inculcate 
upon them the principles of truth and virtue." 
Reports of Teachers: 

10. In every school, in addition to the register prescribed 
by law, there shall be kept a daily record of the attainments 
and deportment of every scholar, to be open to the inspection 
of the committee, parents or guardians. At the close of each 
term it shall be the duty of each teacher to submit a written 
report, in which a history of the school for the term shall be 
given, accompanied by an abstract of the daily record, and such 
suggestions as the state of the school may require ; also, to 
have in readiness for the inspection of the committee, at each 
examination, a schedule of the studies pursued by each class 
during the term. 

Exclusion of Pupils : 

11. It is enjoined on the teachers to exercise vigilant, pru- 
dent and firm discipline. Cases of disobedience and improper 
conduct, if the means of restraint used by the teacher be found 
ineffectual, shall be reported to the committee. For flagrant 
misconduct, any scholar shall ^be expelled from school by the 
committee, and no scholar under censure in one school shall be 
admitted to any other. 

Care of School-Houses ; 

12. Teachers shall give suitable and constant attention to 
the care of the school-rooms, outbuildings, trees, fences, and 
other appurtenances of the school-houses, and other property 
within the same enclosure with the school-houses. They shall 
also give special attention to the temperature, ventilation, and 
cleanliness of the echool-rooms. 



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Visiting other Schools : 

13. The Teachers may occasionally, by permission of the 
Sub-Committee, visit each others' schools, to observe the disci- 
pline and instruction of the same. 

Promotion : 

14. The regular period for making promotions from schools 
of one grade to those of another, shall be at the commencement 
of the school year ; but pupils may be promoted at other times, 
at the discretion of the Committee. 

Text-Books : 

15. The text-books used in the schools shall be such as the 
Committee, for the time being, shall direct, d^i^t'^'. 



CHAPTER III. 

REGULATIONS OF THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND 
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 

Admission to Primary Schools : 

1. No child shall be admitted into the Primary Schools un- 
der the age of four years. 

Studies of Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar Schools : 

2. The studies of the Primary Schools shall be Reading, 
Spelling, Geography and Arithmetic, as treated in the Primary 
School Books. 

The studies of the Intermediate Schools shall be Reading, 
Spelling, Geography, Child's History, Mental Arithmetic, 
Written Arithmetic, through Common and Decimal Fractions, 
and Writing. Composition, Declamation, and Drawing, at the 
discretion of the Committee. 

The studies of the Grammar Schools shall be Reading, Writ- 
ing, Spelling, Geography, English Grammar, History, Physiol- 
ogy, Mental and Written Arithmetic. Composition, Declama- 
tion, and Drawing, at the discretion of the Committee. 



Punctuation, Abbreviations, names of Figures and Koman 
Numerals, and the powers and sounds of the English Language, 
shall be taught in all the schools. And it is recommended that 
Singing form a part of the daily exercises. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

REGULATIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. 

Qualifications for Admission: 

1. The qualifications for admission into the High School, 
shall be an ability to read, write, spell and define well ; a good 
knowledge of English Grammar, with Analysis and Parsing ; a 
a thorough acquaintance with some modern school Geography ; 
with Arithmetic through Square Root in Adams', or an equiv- 
lent in some other treatise ; with History of the United States, 
through Goodrich, or an equivalent in some other treatise ; and, 
in general, with all the studies required in the lower schools. 
Dismissal from School : 

2. Any scholars, who shall be found habitually indolent in 
iheir habits of study, irregular in attendance, insubordinate in 
deportment, or defective in progress, shall be dismissed from 
the school. 

Course of Study : 

3. The scholars shall give faithful attention to the writing o^ 
Composition, Declamation, Drawing, and such other exercises 
as shall be requured by the Committee. Singing is recommend" 
ed as a daily exercise. The following is adopted as the 

COURSE OF STUDY. 

FOURTH DIVISION. 

1st Half Year. — D. P. Colburn's Arithmetic, Reading, Wor- 
cester's Elements of History, and Quacken- 
bos' First Lessons in Composition. 



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2d Half Tear. — Arithmetic, Reading, English Grrammar, His- 
tory, and Ancient Geography. 

THIRD DIVISION. 

1st Half Tear. — ^Reading, Algebra, Warren's Physical Geogra- 
phy, Botany, and Zoology. 

2d Half Tear. — Algebra, Quackenbos' Rhetoric, Natural Phi- 
losophy, and Book-Keeping. 

SECOND DIVISION. 

l5^ Half Tear. — Geometry, Logic, Porter's Chemistry, and 
Prench. 

2d Half Tear. — Trigonometry and Surveying, Intellectual Phi- 
losophy, Paley's Natural Theology, and 
French. 

PIRST DIVISION. 

1st Half Tear. — ^Weber's Outlines of History, Moral Science, 
Evidences of Christianity, Geology, and 
French. 

2d Half Tear, — Astronomy, Butler's Analogy, Natural His- 
tory, Prosody and English Poets, and 
French. 



CLASSICAL COURSE. 

THIRD CLASS. 

2d Half Tear. — Latin Grammar and Reader. 
1st Half Tear. — Caesar. 

SECOND CLASS. 

2nd Half Tear. — Cicero, Greek Grammar and Lessons. 
1st Half Tear.— Virgil, and Xenophon. 

FIRST CLASS. 

2d Half Year.— Virgil, and Xenophon. 
1st Half Tear.— Virgil, Sallust, and Homer. 



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